Dean didn't become a Sentinel until after he gets back from hell, and panicked from all the sensory overload and thought he was going crazy from his trip to hell. But Sam has read Everything Ever and suspects what's going on, needs to confirm it and so he kidnapped the world's expert in Sentinels. Jim is not amused.

Jim Ellison and Dean Winchester meet at Cashmere's Apple Harvest Festival when they're both asked to judge the apple pie contest. Story takes place October 2003, post-TSBS and 2 years pre-Supernatural's first season.